Medical Specialty Care in Houston
Anchored by the Texas Medical Center, Houston metro hosts some of the most rigorously ranked and verified medical programs in the country — from a cancer hospital that has topped national rankings for over a decade to trauma centers verified by the American College of Surgeons in the suburbs themselves.
MD Anderson Cancer Center
MD Anderson has been ranked the #1 hospital for cancer care by U.S. News & World Report for 11 consecutive years (through 2025-2026) and has ranked among the top two cancer hospitals nationally every year since the survey began in 1990; it is one of the National Cancer Institute's designated Comprehensive Cancer Centers.
Texas Children's Hospital Transplant Center
Per Organ Procurement & Transplantation Network (OPTN) data, Texas Children's Hospital ranked #1 nationally for pediatric heart, liver, and lung transplants and #2 for pediatric kidney transplants in 2022, performing 99 transplants that year — more than 20 more than any other children's hospital — marking its sixth consecutive year leading the nation.
Memorial Hermann The Woodlands Medical Center
On January 9, 2018, Memorial Hermann The Woodlands Medical Center received Level II trauma center verification from the American College of Surgeons, bringing rigorously verified trauma-level emergency care directly to The Woodlands rather than requiring transfer into central Houston.
Red Duke Trauma Institute (Memorial Hermann-TMC)
Located in the Texas Medical Center, Red Duke Trauma Institute is the only American College of Surgeons-verified Level I adult and pediatric trauma center in Houston and the only American Burn Association-verified burn center in the city, treating more than 14,000 patients a year and running one of the world's busiest helipads with 3,000+ Life Flight missions annually.